Title :
Small-area solar antenna for low-power UWB transceivers
Author :
Danesh, Mina ; Long, John R. ; Simeoni, Massimiliano
Author_Institution :
ERL, Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
A 2 × 2.65 cm2 solar monopole antenna was designed and tested for both DC and RF performances within the 3–10 GHz UWB frequency band. The amorphous silicon solar cell delivers up to 15 mW, suitable for autonomous low-power wireless transceivers. The radiation patterns and gain are comparable with a copper-only antenna for frequencies less than 5 GHz. Beyond 5 GHz, changes in the solar antenna radiation patterns are caused by the solar cell physical characteristics and DC output connections.
Keywords :
Aluminum; Amorphous silicon; Contacts; Copper; Glass; Photovoltaic cells; Radio frequency; Silver; Transceivers; Ultra wideband antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona, Spain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
